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Lawson v. North Carolina

485 U.S. 1016 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1988-04-20 Docket No. 87-6753 (A-786) English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1016
April 20, 1988
No. 87-6753 (A-786).
Lawson v. North Carolina.

Gen. Ct. Justice, Super. Ct. Div., Cabarrus County, N. C. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to The Chief Justice, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth

Dissent — Brennan J.

p. 1017
and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153 , 227, 231 (1976), we would grant the application for stay of execution and the petition for writ of certiorari ánd would vacate the death sentence in this case.

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